Tytus Howard

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#71

Experience: 6 years

Height: 6-5

Age: 27

Weight: 322 lbs

College: Alabama State

2023 SEASON

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Fumbles

YEAR	TEAM	G	FUM	LOST	FF	OWN FR	OPP FR	TD
2023	Houston Texans	7	0	0			1	0
2022	Houston Texans	17	0	0		1
2021	Houston Texans	15
2020	Houston Texans	14
2019	Houston Texans	8	0	0		1
TOTAL		61	0	0	0	2	1	0

Biography

TRANSACTIONS: Selected by the Houston Texans with the 23rd pick in the first round (23rd overall) of the 2019 NFL Draft...Placed on the reserve/COVID-19 list on Aug. 13, 2021... Activated from the reserve/COVID-19 list on Aug. 18, 2021...Placed on the reserve/COVID-19 list on Dec. 23, 2021...Activated from the reserve/COVID-19 list on Jan. 5, 2022...Fifth-year option exercised by the Texans on May 2, 2022...Placed on the reserve/injured list on Sept. 6, 2023...Reinstated from the reserve/injured list on Oct. 4, 2023...Placed on the reserve/injured list on Nov. 29, 2023.

HONORS:

2022 Black College Football Pro Player of the Year
2019 PFWA All-Rookie Team

2023 (Houston 7/7):

Started in all seven games he played in at left guard before being placed on injured reserve for the remainder of the season
Made his season debut in Week 5 at Atlanta (10/8) as part of an offensive line that surrendered zero sacks on the afternoon for the third consecutive week
Blocked for an offense that generated 544 net yards on offense in the Week 10 win at Cincinnati (11/12)
Started at left guard in the Week 11 win vs. Arizona (11/19) as part of an offensive line that generated 419 net yards of total offense
Started at left guard in Week 12 vs. Jacksonville (11/26) but left the game due to injury

2022 (Houston 17/17):

Started 15 games at right tackle and two games at left guard during the season
According to Pro Football Focus, he earned a 68.2 overall blocking grade, which was good 25th among tackles, minimum 80-percent of snaps played
Blocked for Pierce at Chicago (9/25), helping him garner his first career rushing touchdown
Helped Pierce rush for 99 yards in the team's first win of the season at Jacksonville (10/2)
Blocked for RB Dameon Pierce's career-high 139-yard performance vs. Philadelphia (11/3)
Blocked for QB Davis Mills who posted a season-high 319 yards at the New York Giants (11/13), which marked the sixth 300-yard passing game of his career
Moved over to left guard in the absence of OL Kenyon Green vs. Kansas City (12/18)
Started his second consecutive game at left guard in the team's win at Tennessee (12/24)

2021 (Houston 15/15):

Started all 15 games he played, a career high, with 11 starts at left guard and four starts at left tackle. Rated as Pro Football Focus' highest-graded pass-blocking tackle among the four weeks he started at left tackle with a grade of 89.9
Started vs. Jacksonville (9/12) and helped the offense score 37 points, the highest Week 1 point total in franchise history
Blocked for QB Davis Mills vs. New England (10/10), helping him become the first rookie quarterback in NFL history to finish a game with 300-plus passing yards, three-plus passing touchdowns and a passer rating of 140.0 or higher
Helped pave the way for a rushing attack that combined for 124 yards on the ground and averaged 4.3 yards per carry at Indianapolis (10/17)
Blocked for QB Davis Mills vs. the L.A. Rams (10/31) as he threw for 310 yards and completed 29-of-38 passes (76.3 percent), the best completion percentage of his career
Made his first career start at left tackle, helping pave the way for a rushing attack that totaled 96 yards on 24 attempts, averaging 4.0 yards per carry vs. the N.Y. Jets (11/28)
Helped protect QB Davis Mills as he threw for a career-high 331 yards vs. Seattle (12/13)
Blocked for QB Davis Mills as he threw for 209 yards, two touchdowns and a passer rating of 92.2 in the win at Jacksonville (12/19)
Helped protect QB Davis Mills vs. Tennessee (1/9/22) as he completed 23-of-33 passes (69.7 percent) for 301 yards, three touchdowns and a passer rating of 128.5

2020 (Houston 14/14):

Started at right tackle in all 14 games he played in before being placed on the Reserve/Injured list on Dec. 23 and helped the team average an NFL-best 8.31 yards per passing play
Started at right tackle at Kansas City (9/10) in which the Texans rushed for 5.4 yards per attempt
Blocked for QB Deshaun Watson at right tackle as Watson threw for 300 passing yards and two touchdowns vs. Minnesota (10/4)
Started at right tackle vs. Jacksonville (10/11) and helped the Texans record 486 net yards and an average of 8.4 yards per play, which was the third highest average in franchise history
Started at right tackle as part of an offensive line that did not allow a sack and helped QB Deshaun Watson pass for 344 yards and two touchdowns vs. New England (11/22)
Blocked for QB Deshaun Watson at right tackle as Watson passed for 318 yards and four passing touchdowns at Detroit (11/26)

2019 (Houston 8/8, 0/0):

Played in eight games (eight starts) at right tackle before being placed on the Reserve/Injured list on Nov. 30
Blocked for 396 total net yards of offense vs. Indianapolis (11/21), the Texans eighth game on the season with over 350 total net yards
Started at right tackle in the win over Jacksonville (11/3) at Wembley Stadium in London as part of an offensive line that paved the way for 216 total rushing yards, the most rushing yards in a single game since Week 12 of the 2018 season vs. Tennessee (281) and the second-most yards in a game under Head Coach Bill O'Brien
Started at right tackle at Kansas City (10/13) and was part of an offensive line that did not allow a sack on QB Deshaun Watson for a second-consecutive week, the first time the Texans had accomplished the feat since Weeks 1-2 of 2014
Started at right tackle vs. Atlanta (10/6) and protected QB Deshaun Watson, who threw for 426 yards and five touchdowns
Made his second-career start and first at right tackle, playing every snap in the Week 3 win over the L.A. Chargers (9/22)
Started at left guard in his NFL debut vs. Jacksonville (9/15) and played every snap of the Texans' first win of the season

COLLEGE:

Played four seasons (2015-18) at Alabama State University in Montgomery, Ala. after redshirting the 2014 campaign
Three-year starter and three-year captain along the offensive line
Began his career as a walk-on tight end before transitioning to offensive line
Started 10 games along the offensive line as a senior in 2018, earning FCS First-Team All-America honors from HERO Sports
Played and started all 11 games at tackle in 2017, allowing just one sack
Started in seven games on the offensive line in 2016
Appeared in eight games with six starts in 2015, helping Alabama State average 373.5 yards per game on offense
Redshirted as a freshman in 2014

PERSONAL:

Attended Monroe County High School in Monroeville, Ala.
Played quarterback in high school and rushed for 315 yards in a single game as a senior
Lettered in basketball in high school as well
Son of Tyran Rivers and Nathaniel Howard
Majored in criminal justice at Alabama State

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